Why would they sign a striker and ruin the running joke? Spurs already fucked up Spursy, and things are not going well.
It is literally replacing players they are losing 1:1 - Neto (back up keeper), Party and Jorginho.
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I think they will miss the physicality of Partey, especially against sides who want to have a go.
Zubimendi will slightly improve them as he is a good player, who will pass well and set the tempo, allowing Rice to push on. But I do think they will miss Partey.
Arsenal are obviously a very good side. Their biggest need is a reliable goalscorer. If and when they sign him they should be in the race for the Prem to the end.
If they fall short again, depending on how they do it, the question marks will really need to be asked about Arteta. I see a team that has regressed in the past year or two, pursuing marginal and snide gains, but forgetting the lovely football and freedom they were playing with along the way. If they get back to that they might win the Prem. If they depend on set pieces and the dark arts, they will annoy like some sort of Atletico side, but it will hold them back.
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They were in the race til the end and they went backwards last season. Playing a brand of football that looked desperate. There is always a case that a manager has taken it as far as he can go and I do wonder if this is it.
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yeah, hes not the most likeable fella in the universe so wont be overly sad to see him leave empty handed…
bit like our brodgers, what with the pick pockets and the speakers playing the anfield crowd and the other hysterics…
i often wonder what the plays whatsapp chat looked like immediately after those ‘lessons’…im tipping would have been good for a laugh
Sure marginal increments at best. Though doubt if Jorginho needed replacement considering he barely played last season as it is. And they do have skelly who’s a midfielder playing as LB.
Can now openly name this guy.
Shit club who defended him.
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How convenient….
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No fucking way. This has been an open secret for 2-3 years and now there is finally follow through and identification a matter of days after his contract ends. This is shady as fuck.
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Arsenal didn’t win the league despite defending an accused rapist
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Arsenal had ethics when Wenger was there. Absolutely none now
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Degenerated into Artethics now.
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Twice…suppose there is some justice in that. Especially as financial dopers didn’t win it both times instead.
Arsenal women’s team must be proud to represent this mob.
Trying to work out why the police would hold off until the contract ended.
Now they will all hide behind the good old “we can’t comment on a police matter blah blah”
And then he gets off like most of them.
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On or off the pitch?
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I’m extra glad they won fuck all. May they always come second.
He hasn’t been found guilty of anything. And presumed innocence is the law. He wasn’t charged, he wasn’t on bail, he made no admissions of guilt. There is an argument that not playing him or ceasing his contract would corrupt his right to a fair trial.
But…
If Arteta, Arsenal, PL, UEFA had a percentage inkling of guilt, they are as morally and ethically bankrupt as I feared. If their tilt at success was aided by a player they guarded, well then they got what they deserve. Fuck all.
Circle the wagons around the bad boys. Fuck, we did it with Suarez. Maybe incorrectly.
But my firm belief is that we would jettison a player if we were suspicious that he had committed a sexual related offence.
Partey may well be innocent.
But Arteta will need to comment if he is found guilty.
Because there is no excuse if that outcome happens.